Automation

This Singapore startup wants to solve airplane baggage ‘Tetris’ with a snake-like, AI-powered system

2026-07-29T04:00:00.000Z
AI is having the greatest impact on functions where work is highly process‑driven, data‑intensive or operational in nature, says recruitment agency Robert Walters.

Singapore, HK workers less optimistic than regional peers about AI impact on jobs: report

2026-07-24T09:23:57.000Z
From left: Lim Hock Leng, managing director, Sheng Siong; Christine Wong,
assistant chief executive officer, cluster group, JTC Corporation; Lim Hock Chee, CEO, Sheng Siong; Gan Kim Yong, deputy prime minister and minister for trade and industry, Lim Hock Eng, chairman, Sheng Siong; Jeannie Lim, assistant managing director, services and growth enterprises, Enterprise Singapore; and  Lin Ruiwen, executive director, Sheng Siong.

Sheng Siong invests S$520 million to build new future-ready distribution centre

2026-07-13T03:00:00.000Z
To steer workforce transformation, leaders must deconstruct roles into tasks: classifying what can be automated or AI-augmented, and what must remain irreducibly human.
THE BROAD VIEW

Understand what AI replaces, not whom

2026-07-10T04:00:00.000Z
Two-thirds of the funding will go towards cross-cutting capabilities in autonomy and digital twins, while the remainder will be used to deepen capabilities in the air, sea and land transport sectors.

Singapore to pump S$800 million into transport and connectivity research and innovation over 5 years

2026-07-07T10:01:34.000Z
AI is not making intelligence obsolete. It is making the traditional signals of proficiency unreliable.
THE BROAD VIEW

AI is making talent invisible – that is a problem for organisations

2026-06-26T23:00:00.000Z
Businesses must shift to steward leadership – pursuing profitable sustainability as a core strategy, not a moral add-on.

What the US$113 billion leadership development industry is getting wrong

2026-04-29T22:45:00.000Z
At the launch of the partnership between A*Star and Microsoft in Hannover, Germany, on Monday (Apr 20) were (from left):  Microsoft's managing director of digital engineering Guy Bursell; Microsoft's corporate vice-president of manufacturing and mobility Dayan Rodriguez; EDB's executive vice-president Cindy Koh; and A*Star's CEO of its advanced remanufacturing and technology centre Dr David Low.

A*Star, Microsoft team up to address AI adoption challenges in Singapore manufacturing

2026-04-20T09:59:06.000Z
Joseph Ryan (left) and Stephen Dunstan co-founded Hit Refresh in 2021 to address what they saw as fundamental inefficiencies in the traditional F&B model.

A broken F&B model and Hit Refresh’s bid to reset it with freshpod kiosks

2026-04-15T05:00:00.000Z
While the adoption of artificial intelligence has come a long way, its potential has yet to be fully unlocked, say the judges of this year's Design AI and Tech Awards.
DAITA 2026

Design as the bridge to human-centric AI

2026-04-14T23:00:00.000Z